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RICHARD LEE BUCKLES
Captain · U.S. Army
April 20, 1942 – July 12, 1969
Service recordRichard Lee Buckles, of Pacific Grove, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 20, 1942
- Home of record
- Pacific Grove, California (Monterey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 106
- DELOS RICHARD BUXTONPrivate First Class · July 12, 1969
- CODY RAY CALKINSPrivate First Class · July 12, 1969
- LUIS GODINEZ CERVANTEZSpecialist Four · July 12, 1969
- JOSE B CISNEROSCorporal · July 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN TRAVIS CUMMINSSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 107
- RICHARD ALAN ENGLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 107
- CALVIN HARRISSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 108
- GEORGE SAMUEL KIMMELLPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 108
- JOHNNY LEE KINGPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 108
- CALVIN GENE MAGUIRESergeant · Panel 21W, Line 109
- ROBERT JOHN SIRESPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 109
From Pacific Grove
- REINALDO ANTONIO CASTROSergeant · April 27, 1967
- RUDOLPH RALPH CORONA IIIPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- JOHN RAYMOND THOMASSergeant · December 4, 1968
- JAMES LEE URNESPrivate First Class · May 4, 1969
- PHILLIP CHARLES SMITHSpecialist Four · August 3, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.